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Title: Clarifications of a Puzzle: The Decline in Nutritional Status at the Onset of Modern Economic Growth in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.1017/S0022050719000573

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Abstract: Bodenhorn, Guinnane, and Mroz (2017) are critical about the results of anthropometric research using data that are not based on random samples. Accordingly, they argue that declining height trends are artifacts of negative selection into the military during favorable labor market conditions. We study height trends in the United States in the antebellum decades, that coincided with the onset of modern economic growth. We find that neither the historical evidence nor their own statistical analysis support their views. The decline in physical stature in the decades before the Civil War was real as Zimran (2019) also found.

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Authors: Komlos, John; A'Hearn, Brian

Periodical (Full): The Journal of Economic History

Issue: 4

Volume: 79

Pages: 1129-1153

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Other

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